Discovery certificate for object 2018aoc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17565 [ 2018TNSTR.423....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-31 16:11:31
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018aoc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18atl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:03:42.360 (270.9265) DEC = -23:07:02.14 (-23.117261)
Discovery date: 2018-03-28 08:05:16.000 (JD=2458205.8369907)


Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~0.3 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-28 08:05:16.000
Flux: 15.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-07 02:38:24
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018aoc